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US-10734022

Magnetic disk device and actuator control method

PublishedAugust 4, 2020
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Technical Abstract

According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk, a first head, a second head, an actuator configured to position the first head and the second head over the disk, and a controller configured to control the actuator based on a first value having a first waveform suppressing a disturbance component, wherein the controller is configured to invert, in the first waveform, a polarity of a third waveform succeeding a first timing with respect to a polarity of a second waveform preceding the first timing in a case where the first head is changed to the second head at the first timing.

Patent Claims
17 claims

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1. A magnetic disk device comprising: a disk comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first head configured to execute read/write processing on the first surface; a second head configured to execute read/write processing on the second surface; an actuator configured to position the first head and the second head over the disk; and a controller configured to control the actuator based on a first value having a first waveform suppressing a disturbance component, wherein the controller is configured to invert, in the first waveform, a polarity of a third waveform succeeding a first timing with respect to a polarity of a second waveform preceding the first timing in a case where the first head is changed to the second head at the first timing.

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2. The magnetic disk device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the third waveform such that the third waveform is continuous with the second waveform.

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3. The magnetic disk device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to generate a second value by multiplying the third waveform by a first gain and a third value by multiplying a first amplitude of the second waveform at the first timing by a second gain, and adjust the third waveform by adding the third value to the second value.

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4. The magnetic disk device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to generate a second value by multiplying the third waveform by a first gain and a third value by inverting a fourth waveform corresponding to a portion of the third waveform between the first timing and a second timing and multiplying a resultant waveform by a second gain, and adjust the third waveform by adding the third value to the second value.

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5. The magnetic disk device of claim 3 , wherein the first gain increases over time, and the second gain decreases over time.

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6. The magnetic disk device of claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to adjust the third waveform by multiplying the third waveform by a first gain varying from a first polarity to a second polarity opposite to the first polarity over time between the first timing and a second timing.

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7. The magnetic disk device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to start seek of the second head at the first timing.

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8. The magnetic disk device of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises a filter configured to output the first value based on an input value and a memory in which a past input value input to the filter before input of the input value and a past output value output from the filter before output of the first value are recorded.

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9. The magnetic disk device of claim 8 , wherein the filter executes a loop shaping process.

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10. The magnetic disk device of claim 9 , wherein the filter is an IIR filter and is configured to output the first value based on the past input value and the past output value.

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11. An actuator control method applied to a magnetic disk device comprising a disk comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first head configured to execute read/write processing on the first surface, a second head configured to execute read/write processing on the second surface, and an actuator configured to position the first head and the second head over the disk, the actuator control method comprising: controlling the actuator based on a first value having a first waveform suppressing a disturbance component, inverting, in the first waveform, a polarity of a third waveform succeeding a first timing with respect to a polarity of a second waveform preceding the first timing in a case where the first head is changed to the second head at the first timing.

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12. The actuator control method of claim 11 , further comprising: adjusting the third waveform such that the third waveform is continuous with the second waveform.

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13. The actuator control method of claim 12 , further comprising: generating a second value by multiplying the third waveform by a first gain and a third value by multiplying a first amplitude of the second waveform at the first timing by a second gain, and: adjusting the third waveform by adding the third value to the second value.

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14. The actuator control method of claim 12 , further comprising: generating a second value by multiplying the third waveform by a first gain and a third value by inverting a fourth waveform corresponding to a portion of the third waveform between the first timing and a second timing and multiplying a resultant waveform by a second gain, and adjusting the third waveform by adding the third value to the second value.

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15. The actuator control method of claim 13 , wherein the first gain increases over time, and the second gain decreases over time.

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16. The actuator control method of claim 12 , further comprising: adjusting the third waveform by multiplying the third waveform by a first gain varying from a first polarity to a second polarity opposite to the first polarity over time between the first timing and a second timing.

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17. The actuator control method of claim 11 , further comprising: starting seek of the second head at the first timing.

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August 15, 2019

Publication Date

August 4, 2020

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